Very exciting times, indeed! lol. March Madnesss!! Times are goood. Like u, I am experiencing frigid temperatures and hopefully some white stuff!! Oh my god, I am so excited ! Hiking in the snow in NH for the first time. Why are people obsessed with ticks around here? It’s a fascinating landscape.
Come to find out I missed a step where you are supposed to slide the handle out further and secure it so it was blocking the blade. Never had one that the handle did that before. It turns over now. 
Lyme disease.
You don't want anything with tics.
That's the easy stuff. Tics carry so much more. And you don't want anything from them. Nasty little fuckers.
I was told just spray your clothes with Deet and I should be good. Some chick who bush wacks trails round here said that’s what she does and she never got any tix or Lyme disease. What do u do?
I use deep woods off , spray it around my feet and lower britches. But the little bastards will jump out of the trees on me. I’m further south by a good bit and we don’t have the Lyme disease issue as bad but the damn tics are everywhere and I get 10-20 off me every year . I spray the yard and keep the grass reasonable where the grandkids play, I never have issues with them on my dogs because of the expensive ass collars I use. I would definitely check upon arriving home from any hike especially if it involved a camping factor.
I had to get up to pee at 2AM
F'ing bugs !
